Until recently, local manufacturers and suppliers had a competitive advantage in supplying products to schools, institutions and organizations. This was provided by the so-called Green Procurement rules. However, after changes to the Public Procurement Law, a "hole" has now formed, which may result in an increase in the share of cheap imports in procurement, it is feared.

"At the moment, we can say that a vacuum has set in. If previously the state required the purchase of organic p...